RATT ISSUES FIRST STUDIO REPORT

RATT ISSUES FIRST STUDIO REPORT

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Ratt, who is working on their first studio album in 10 years, has issued the following studio report:

Bobby Blotzer kicked some serious ass on the drum tracks, they are done! Robert Crane (on the bass) is finishing up bass tracks as we write this tonight/today,
The band is recording well into the early mornings. Warren DeMartini and Carlos Cavazo on guitars will start after the weekend shows. The band is tracking
12-14 new songs.

Stephen Pearcy will start tracking lead vocals next week and back up vocals. The songs are just what you expect from RATT and what the band wants you to hear!
The producer (Elvis) is doing a great job and giving the band, "the big rock sound"!

The studio is class AAA and right on the beach, a good vibe and some serious ass kickin ratt n roll is at hand here.

I will be buying this album when it comes out. Ratt has yet to disappoint me, and Warren D kicks ass! If you get a chance to catch them live do it. Pearcy has
to "reach" for some parts, but Warren makes so worth while. That slippery butter fingered sum bitch can bring it!

David Carr of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with RATT guitarist Warren DeMartini. An excerpt from the interview follows below.

KNAC.COM: How are things going with the recording of the new disc? When will fans get a chance to hear the new stuff?

DeMartini: Recording is really going great!! This is our first disc in ten years…it really is going well. We wanted to try something different with this disc.
Every album we have done, we have recorded in L.A. With this one we decided to try something new so the band and our new producer went to Virginia Beach to
record… So far it has been an excellent experience. We are done with the basic tracks. Our recording has overlapped with our tour starting up so as far as a
release date goes, we will probably have to release the disc in either January or February.

KNAC.COM: What's it like working on a new RATT record with a new guitar player? How's recording been with Carlos Cavazo [ex-QUIET RIOT]?

DeMartini: It's been fantastic! Carlos and I have been good friends since the early days…stylistically we make a good combination. We've gotten back to
the two-guitar, twin-lead thing with Carlos in the band… Our styles really mesh together and I know [late RATT guitarist] Robbin [Crosby] would approve.

KNAC.COM: Think back to the bands early success with your first two albums. What are some of your fondest memories from that period? What are the highlights?

DeMartini: We went from barely filling a small club in Hollywood to selling out The Forum in L.A., Madison Square Garden in New York and playing the Castle
Donington festival! We were fulfilling our dream!

KNAC.COM: What are some of the rougher memories from that time period?

DeMartini: I think the toughest memories I will always have from that time period is losing Robbin... watching him slip away from us and not knowing what to do
about it… not knowing how to help him. I miss playing music with Robbin. I miss surfing with him. I have learned to cope with it but I don't think I will
ever get over his death.